Wielands' Ways: October 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012

Snow Day

Only in MN can you have a snow day in the beginning of October! We had 70 degree weather on Oct. 1 and a snowstorm by Oct. 4. We went to school in the morning and were sent home by 1:00. When all was finished, we had about 8 inches of heavy, wet snow on the ground. It has all melted now but I decided to show some pics of the girls making their "snow family." Luke is the tiny ball on the left-hand side of the picture will all of the family. He melted first. Poor little guy!

Jordan and her snowman. I think it was suppose to be Todd.

Sarah and a "self sculpture"

You really have to look hard to see "Luke" on the left side of the last snowman. He is pretty small!

Piano

Luke decided he should help Rachel practice piano. Maybe a future Beethoven? Let's hope he doesn't have Beethoven's temper!

Remodeling Update

I realized I haven't posted much recently on our remodeling project. We had a stand-still for a while due to the fact that my brother-in-law was working on a big project in another town. However, we are back on track! Our office is complete - the floors were laid, french doors added to the entrance, closet doors installed, trim around all of the windows in the office and living room and baseboards put on. We are waiting for the fireplace to be installed, carpet laid and the storm door for the front to be added. Todd has been busy spray painting our shutters a cranberry color. He only have two more sets to hang. I will take a picture of the outside of the house when our storm door is put on. Once the living room is complete, we can work on our laundry room. We are planning on remodeling the kitchen this winter (new cabinets and flooring). I am hoping everything will be

completed by July 2013!

French doors to the office.

Corner where the fireplace will be next to the office. You can see the trim around the window and some of the base board. You can also see our new ceiling fan. We also have a matching fan in the old part of the living room.

Northside closet and a good look at the new flooring. We installed a 40 foot closet in order to store filing cabinets for all of the farm paperwork as well as Todd's hunting gear and a few other things that I am hoping to stick in there ;)

A view looking from the corner (where our computer will be) into the living room.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Dry Creek

The year has been so dry that the creek 1/2 mile east of our place has dried up. We drove a mile north and 1/2 mile east to take pictures from the bridge. Todd said he has never seen the creek this dry. Funny, less than 24 hours after these pictures were taken, we had a huge snowstorm that dumped about 8 inches of heavy, wet snow on the ground. We were in a winter storm warning and school was let out early. Only in Northwestern MN!

Todd and his Dad in the creek.

A view from under the bridge.

This area should be filled with water.

Todd and the kids in the creek.

A view from the bridge.

Having the kids be a part of history in the making!

Sarah Rock Climbing

I brought my Girl Scout Troop to a rock-climbing wall in August. They had a blast and really got a wonderful boost of confidence when they made it to the top. Here are a few pics of Sarah climbing the wall:

By the way - she did make it to the top several times on various walls. I was really proud of her because I don't think I would have ever done something like that when I was 8 years old!

New Furniture

Our addition is coming along. Everything is painted and the fireplace has been ordered. We picked out carpet but need to order it and pick up flooring for the office. Doors, frames, window frames and edging need to be put on. Our goal is to have the addition completed by Thanksgiving. We will be finishing the mud room and remodeling the kitchen this winter. Here is a picture of the new furniture we ordered:

Luke is growing up!

Here are a few recent pics of Luke. He is growing so fast! He was just into the doctor for his 6 month check-up. He is in the 56% for weight and the 92% for height!